Russian ballet de Monte Carlo. Nina Novak. 1962. Photograph. - 24.8x20 cm.

Russian ballet de Monte Carlo. Nina Novak. 1962. Photograph. - 24.8x20 cm.
Description:
On the back there is a stamp: “Nina Novak Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo”, possessioner's marks in pencil and a typewritten text: “The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo with Alicia Alonso four performance / engagement beginning Friday, December 4./APR 9 1962 »
Information:
Nina Novak - ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer. She studied classical dance at the Warsaw Bolshoi Ballet School with Leon Vuicehovsky and Bronislava Nijinskaya. Since 1948, Nina had performed at the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, and later became the prima ballerina of the Balle ryus de Monte Carlo troupe, with which she toured all over Europe and America. The same troupe gave her an opportunity to become a choreographer and teacher. Since 1963 she has been living and working in Venezuela, where she created her own ballet company, with which she performs the productions of Giselle, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Les Sylphides, Don Quixote and other ballets.